> New info. This is a 2.2.0 trick. In QNX 4 and 6 with version 1.7 all works as 
> expected. In 6.4.0 there was elvis update to 2.2.0. This version requires 
> elvis.ini which runs other scripts (including .exrc) at startup. It seems it 
> could be added from core_os/trunk/utils/e/elvis/data, but I don't know where 
> it should be placed. May be other files from 'data' dir are also required.. 

I have a locally-built elvis 2.17 (uses elvis.ini to source .exrc too) which puts all those files in /usr/local/lib/
elvis (but I presume that is because I overrode --installdir?)  According to the man page $ELVISPATH is used as a search
, so you should be able to put those files anywhere, provided you reflect it in your environ.  Actually, from the source
, the default OSLIBPATH when this is not set is in fact /usr/local/lib/elvis (unless overridden by the configure).  In 
my "/usr/local/lib/elvis" I appear to have all the files from both the 'doc' and 'data' dirs installed ... so that seems
 like a good place to try.